...costs. If they are concerned about fiscal matters, the environmentalists should drop these costly lawsuits. The lawsuits harm the timber industry, the local communities and cost everyone a great deal of money. OwenJ. Graham Ketchikan

...for both the Tongass and the Chugach because it makes sense and restores a portion of the balance struck by ANILCA. OwenJ. Graham is executive director of the Ketchikan-based Alaska Forest Association.

...cutting down substantial amounts of trees is not something that would be conducive to its survival," Greenwald said. OwenJ. Graham, executive director of the Alaska Forest Association, a timber trade association, praised the decision as one less...